On May 30, 1987, Tony Tucker (33-0, 28 KOs) and Buster Douglas (23-3-1, 15 KOs) battle it out for the vacant IBF heavyweight world titles. The vacant IBF heavyweight title is also on the line.
Tony Tucker is coming in to the fight on a 33-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over James Broad, 8 months and 4 days ago. Buster Douglas is on a 3-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Dee Collier, 8 months and 24 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Tony Tucker at 99-1 winning odds. Buster Douglas really doesn't have much to present against Tucker.
Tony Tucker stopped Buster Douglas via TKO in the 10th round of the 15-round world-title fight. Tucker improves his record to 34-0 (29 KOs), while Douglas adds a loss to his record at 23-4-1.